i m aishah hasnie. and they ll feast on a big banquet of barbecue. the main hall where the candidates will be speaking later today, but the g.o.p. presidential front runner donald trump not expected. rich edson joining us on the ground in des moines with a special guest. hi, rich. hey, good afternoon, aishah. the barbecue is coming a little later today. we ve got some speeches coming up and that includes senator tim scott who recently declared he would be running for president. senator, thank you for joining us this afternoon. it s a crowded stage, a crowded field. how do you break through? easily, the optimistic positive message when i take it on the road, people are starving for optimism as long as it s anchored in conservativism and you have backbone. and i have both and that s good news for the american people and the campaign trail. you ve talked about the positive message and explicit about it. what do you think of the tone from some of the other candidates so f
residenced, a small aircraft crashed in rural vi virginia, lucas is live with more. reporter: it started with the loud sonic boom here. and felt as far as annapolis maryland, dc national guard, scrambling alert fighter jets, we received a statement from norad, i ll go through the highlights: a business jet. over washington dc, norad aircraft were authorized to tramp at supersonic speeds, the norad aircraft used flairs in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot, the civilian aircraft was intercepted approximately 3:20 p.m. eastern time, the pilot was up responsive. norad attempted to establish contact with the pilot until the aircraft crashed, no radio contact with the pilot, sounds he was unresponsive. the flight path that cessna citation business jet took off from a city in northeast, tennessee, and up to long island, it was supposed to land in islip before it turned and flew back on a southwesterly course. the f-16s were moving at su supersonic speeds that is 761 miles
you re just joining us welcome, if you sticking with us we are thankful for that. this week could mark a major turning point in the 2024 presidential election. nbc s new exclusive reporting that the special counsel s grand jury is set to meet in the days ahead after taking a break, assigned to many that they may have a decision on whether to charge the former president though at least one former trump lawyer, is hoping that s not going to nothing. now that he s convening, that is more likely to be a charging decision? not necessarily. it could be that they are continuing the investigation into other things. it could be that the reason for the break isn t the last guy grandeur simply expired, and there can be a new one. i m not sure specifically, i certainly haven t heard of anything new, that would require new testimony. i can t imagine those anybody else in mar-a-lago to testify. not of speculation there is communities where candidates are set to jump into the former r
but as always, the finer details reveal the true winners and losers of the gop s latest manufactured political crisis has a new york times writes, the president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed republicans to claim big spending cuts, even as the reality was far more modest. joining me now is one of those negotiators, shalanda young, director of the office of management and budget director. welcome back to the sunday show. thank you, jonathan. let s put on the screen some of the provisions of the law. i know we did that in the introduction. imposes new caps on federal spending for two years, restarts the federal student loan repayments, new work requirements for food stamps, cuts 1.8 billion dollars in irs funding, rescinds 30 billion dollars of unspent covid funds. now, the president the speaker both said they didn t get everything they wanted. what didn t the white house came? look, we always said, if you have a true budget discussion, if
happening now, cnn s exclusive story on the trump classified documents investigation. did a trump employee accidentally or intentionally cause the flood in a room where surveillance video logs were kept? also tonight former vice president mike pence files his 2024 campaign paperwork as the republican presidential field is clearly widening dramatically this week. there s new reaction from donald trump to pence s candidacy as the stage is set for a gop primary showdown. and ukraine s preparations for its long-awaited counteroffensive against russia. that and much more in cnn s exclusive interview with general mark milley. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the trump classified documents investigation. cnn getting exclusive new information about an incident at mar-a-lago that raised eyebrows in the special counsel s office. this comes on the same day that donald trump s lawyers me